1905 in architecture
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The year 1905 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- October 18 â London County Council's new street at Kingsway and redevelopment of Aldwych are opened.
- Work begins on Stoclet Palace, Brussels, designed by Josef Hoffmann.
- Work begins on Casa de les Punxes, Barcelona, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
- Formation of the Dresden Die Brücke expressionist architecture movement.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- February 27 â Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany, is inaugurated.[1]
- June 11 â National Theatre of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- September 27 â Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium, opened by Leopold II of Belgium.[2]
- November â The Plaza Grill and Cinema, Ottawa, Kansas, possibly the oldest movie theater in the United States that is still in operation.[3]
Buildings completed
- January â Eitel Building in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by William Doty van Siclen.
- Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, United States, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Zacherlhaus in Vienna, Austria, designed by Jože PleÄnik.
- Land Administration Building in Brisbane, Australia, designed by Thomas Pye.
- St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, completed by József Kauser to an 1851 design by Miklós Ybl.
- SalepçioÄlu Mosque in Ä°zmir, Turkey.
- Chancel and lady chapel to St John the Divine, Richmond, London, England, designed by Arthur Grove.
- Hôtel de ville (city hall) in Sfax, Tunisia, designed by Raphaël Guy.
- National Library of Greece, Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen.
- Parliament House in Stockholm, Sweden is completed.
- Voewood, High Kelling, Norfolk, England, designed by E. S. Prior.
- Antwerpen-Centraal railway station in Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie.
- Murry Guggenheim House in West Long Branch, New Jersey, designed by Carrère and Hastings.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Aston Webb.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Henry Krehbiel.
Births
- February 13 â Werner Schindler, Swiss architect and Olympic medallist (died 1986)[4]
- March 19 â Albert Speer, German architect and Nazi minister during Adolf Hitler's regime (died 1981)[5]
- April 4 â Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (died 1987)
- April 13 â Bernard Rudofsky, Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer and social historian (died 1988)[6]
- June 24 â Michael Scott, Irish architect (died 1989)
- December 18 â Roy Grounds, Australian architect (died 1981)[7]
Deaths
- March 9 â Ludvig Fenger, City Architect of Copenhagen (born 1833
- March 11 â William R. Walker, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (born 1830)
- July 24 â Adolf Cluss, German-born American engineer architect in Washington, D.C. (born 1825)[8][failed verification]
- August 2 â Cesar Castellani, Maltese architect working in British Guiana
- August 22 â Alfred Waterhouse, English architect of the Gothic Revival (born 1830)[9]